Mop.



CHARLES H. DAVIS, OF MllVAUllili, WlSUUNSlN. I

MOP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed November 20, 1908.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Serial No. I(33,546.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. DAvis, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State o f Wisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Mops, of which the following 1s a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in mops, and pertains especially to that class ol' mo s in which the cloth may he ivi-ung out.

be more easily and quick Wit out soiling or wetting the hands ol the operator.

The object of this invention is to provide improved cloth wringin means which can y manipulated than the devices heretofore used and in which the arts may be quickly restored to and held in normal osition after the wringing operation, regard going' had for durability, simplicity of structure and economy in cost of manufacture.

In theifollowing desori tion,reference is had to the accompanying rawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my invention with the parts in position of use. Fig. 2 is a side view showing the cloth holders in cross section. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a thiinble for supporting the free end oi the cloth holding frame when in use.

Like parts are identified by thesame reference characters throughout the several views.

The mop stick or handle A is provided with a fixed cloth holder B at its lower end, preferablyv formed of heavy wire having one end secured oi' driven into the handle at o, the remainder of the wire being bent to form a rectangular frame with a free end b in close proximity to the handle7 wl'iereby a looped cloth may be slipped onto the frame over this end b. A sliding i'errule (I is preferably adjusted to the lower end oi the handle and provided with notches C adapted to receive the end oi' the cloth holder whereby the end oithe wire composing the traine will be supported. The l'errule (I slipped backwardly on the handle A when it is desired to remove or apply the cloth, Another cloth holding i'rarnc D, similarly constructed but shorter in length, is supported in a plane at right angles to the plane of the cloth holder B and in normal position olusc extends into or l to bc swung to adyust thc second traine into through thc space between thc sides oi' the l'rame li. One end of thc wire composing the frame l) extended to form a shan t d,'wlnch is journalcd in a bearing y connected with thc supporting arms (l, which nrc pivotnlly connected to the mop stick or handle. at li. The extremity ol' the shank d above the bearing r/ is bont to forni :i crank E and provided with a handle l", whereby the frame or 'cloth holder D may be rotated when lii'tcd above the traino or cloth holder B, as shown in Fig. 2.

The cloth l is ncl'ei'ably i'orined in a continuous band which is adjusted as above stated, over the 'l'ioc ends li oll the i'riiine B and d ol' the i'ramc D and manipulated into the position on said frames in which it is Shown in Fig. 2. A fastening is einploved to hold the arms G in osition ol' use at allvtinies except when the c oth is being wrung out. It is not material to this invention what stylo of fastening is employed, the resilient cli s J being suitable i'or this purpose.

laving thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent isuw I. The combination with a inop stick having a cloth holding frame, of :i supporting member pivotcd at one ond to the mo i stick at an intermediate point, a second cloth liolding frame journaled in the treo end ol' said supporting member at a tangent yto the arc in which said member swings about said pivot and normally in a position transverse to the axis of the mop stick, said second cloth holding frainc being adapted to swing in the arc ol movement ol' said member outwardly from its normal position with rci'crence to the stick. 4

2. The combination with a mop stick having :i cloth holding frame, ol' a set of metallic supporting firms pivoted to the mop stick at an intermediate point and having their free ends coiled about :i transverse axis, a second cloth holding i'rnine provided with a journal arrncxtcndcd through said coils and having its extremity bent to forni an operating handle, said second traine being supported by said coils iii :i 'position to move into and out of proximity with thiv first mentioned traine.

Zi. The combination with a mop stick having a cloth holding traino, oi' a second cloth holding l'raine, and a support for said second frame pivotally connected with the inop stick at an intermediate point and adapted andout of proximity with the first menu tioncd trame` said sci-ond traine being rotatably connected with sind support,together frame pivotelly connected with the mop stick ai an intermediate point and adapted io be swung to adgust the second frame lnio and ourL 0;" proximity with the first menz tioned frame, said second freine being rotsatabiy connected with said support, together with Lresilient fastening mouned on time mop stick and adapted to engage the support when the frames are in proximity to each other.

5. The combination with 2. mop stick, of a recmlguiar cloth holding frame secured to oneenfj i; hereof, a swinging support pvot-oily corno-etui m che mop stick intermediate of the :firstmentioned frame and adapted-to extend through the latter in a piane at right anges thereto when the support is'swung to normal position, the material IcomposingI said frames being se arated et one point Ato' l permitl the manipu ation .of a. looped mop its ends, e second framejoumeied in said l support and provided with an cqiierfitrigl crank, said second frame being shorter than cloth into and out of position of use, together '3o with an adjustable thimble on the 'end of 4the mop stick and rovided with notches adapted to reeeive i; e end portions off-the frames in one position of adjustment.

In testimony whereof I aix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.'

i CHARLES DAVIS. 'Titnesses:

G. J. Loos, n Y ,Lines LonEN 

